Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-03-18
CARLISLE BANQUBHED.
Annual Dinner of the Bay State Club.
New EngIand's Most Important
Democratic Organization.
Massachusetts Pays Homage 20 Ken
tRcky-&paEker Carlisle the Ora.
tor Of the Occasion.
Lepgth-The Only True Basis for
Political Parties.

Political Parties.
Boston, Mss, March 1.-THE Bay
State CLUB, the most important Demo
cratic organization in New England, en-
teTtaineC NUMBER Cf distinguished gen
tlemen at their annual dinner at the K
we're house this afternoon. Chief among
the guests was Speaker John G. Carlisle,
who was crater Of the occasion. PreVi-
Gus to the yquet Mr.. Carlisle held re-
ception in the paflurS and was greeted by
a host of Democrats.
President Taylor presided st the ban
suet. Among the guests were Hon. J.
G. Carlisle, Hon. William Springer, Hon.
JEFF Chandler, StIsOn HutChins, Hon. A.
E. Stevenson, General J. NJ. Corse ana
General w. L. R1seCrans. Dinner
over, President Taylor raped to order
and in a brief sseecl introduced the priD-
cipal speaker. Uon. John G. Carlisle,
whose chief virtue, he said, was that he
had been denounced by Senator HOar.
As Speaker Carlisle arose he was greet
ed with great applause. Alter eXpr ssihg
his thanks for his cordial reception, he
said: You must permit me to tender The
sincere tha1ks Of kentucky Democrats
not only fT what you have done in the
past, but also FIR what they know you
INTKND TO DO IN TIRE FUTURE.
You will not permit Massachusetts 20
remain alway:G Republican state. Oid
prcjudices are dying away. Massachu-
sets is already GapVIng towards The II m
oCratic party with the Bay Stat Clue il
front, and your brethren everywhere hope
to see her On the n2h-
side of the line in 1888. Gentlemen,
In the very nature Of thugs this
country must always be governed by pc
litical parties We need not be ashamed
80 be known % "uGitv men," il We hon
estly believe the principles and policies
presented by the organization to which we
are attached wlu De 20 promote the inter
ests'Uf the nation a2d
THE wELFARs uF THE PEOPLE.
This IS the uuly true basis for political
parties, and any party organized upon
foundation less broad, less patriotic
than this, will soon degenerate
into a mere fsCuOn R"d cease
to command or desrrve the respect Of
intelligent citiz rs Every aUempt t.
make 3 single interest or a single class
to the exclusion IF all others the basis OF
political UryaDiz4tiUn will fail and
ought to fail. From the formation
of your cons ttutiOn down to
the present ttm0 the point Of lrreconCils-
bic difference between the Democratic
party and all its al ersaries has been as
TO the natur. ANA extent Of federal pow
ers. The principle OF local self govern
ment is vital part Of Democracy. An
amendment 10 the constitution declares
that powers not delegated to the Uaited
Stites by the constitution nor prohibited
BY il TO the states are reserved 10 the
states respectively by it and to the peoplv.
No power can Justly be claimed unless it
is granted
IN EXPRESS TERMS
or by necessary implication. If no sEcB
grant oil power can be found and If isk
exercise by safe is not prohibited it
belongs to the state and her people, and
thus the WA0le doctrine Of states rights
Is defined in the article. 1t does not
sgucliOn secession or notification,
but 4 iusruC's the several etus
ana taei- people IS TO the boundaries
of Sll legislative, executive and judicial
power not delegated to The United States
oy fair &G3 reasonable construction Of
the constitution. BY this constitutional
doctrine Of states IL hts the Democratic
party of thus country stands today IS It
always ass stood, aud as I trust 1t viii
stand forever hereafter. Loud ap-
plause Twenty-Five years ago the
tendency was TO CGrry this doctrine
TO dangerous extreme, but since
that time 8 dangerous extreme has
threatened from quite an opposite direc-
ton. Great and powerful interests, too
powerful almost 10 be successfully re-
sisted, are constantly pressing against
the barriers OF tle constitution ana de-
manding an extension Of federal power
to degree
NEvEB CONTEMPLATED
bv the most extreme federalist in early
DAYS It is quite common now 20 hear
gentlemen, able gentlemen, in Congress
' and elsewhere, COntending for the eXer-
else of power by the general government
over particular subj cts, simply because
the states refuse TO DO so or because 1t Is
thought state legislation might not be
entirely effective. The argument IS what
ev5r the states viii not do or cannot do
must be done by Congress or the depart
ments of the general government, and
that Independently of these specific grants
of power it is The right and duty of the
government to exercise general supervts-
ion and control over all concerns of the
people Mr.. President, his is not Democrat
iC doctrine as / understand it, and it
never WAS. Tremendous cheers.l 1t
means centraliz ltion first and inevi able
dissolution afterwards. No part OF the
Union is so vitality interested in the
preservation and maintenance intact OF
this local authority as the New EOgiRnd
States, and ia no part Of the Union have
the benz fetal results attending the main
tenance of this doctrine been
so THOROUGHLY DEMONSTRATED.
Your town meeting is the most demo-
cratic institution in this country.
ICheers. It has never endangered the
liberties uf 6 single human being. .Tae
town, state and general government
have their appropriate powers aad-
duties, and so long as these are
respected and maintained, neither en-
crosehing on the main of the other,
there will be harmony and unity in our
complex system of government. For
tunately, W. have at last been permitted,
to inGugurate 4 Democratic IA
tional administration, and more fGfA-
tunateIy still, that administration
by its conservative and pstri1riC COURSES
by its honest and faithful executiort OF
laws, and by its regard for the rights q
all classes of men, has given abundant"
assurance that the executive power
CAN BE SAFELY TRUSTED
hands. The country was
|4| Better governed than iSl. is n r.
I, and it was never more trauqufi
#ntented than it Is now. It is true
Us still exist, but they were not
sursted by this administration. +!
Nv of them hsye already been cor